PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Veird Tonikic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Hook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veird Tonikic has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tonikic
vs
Hook

196 cm
24
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

184 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Veird Tonikic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marc Hook!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonikic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tonikic looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A left and a right from Hook both land. Nice combination.
Hook goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tonikic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hook but Hook pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Good work by Tonikic as he checks the leg kick.
Hook throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tonikic.
Hook looks to land a combination but Tonikic avoids it well.
Hook misses with a series of wild punches.
Hook jabs Tonikic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hook connects with a combination that backs up Tonikic into the cage. Hook lands a flurry of punches that gets past Tonikic's guard. Tonikic is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Hook bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marc Hook!